Winden (Nassau)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Bad Ems-Nassau
Height :	370 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.99 km 2
Residents:	714 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	102 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56379
Area code :	02604
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 139
Association administration address:	Am Adelsheimer Hof 1 ; 56377 Nassau
Website :	www.haben.de
Local Mayor :	Stefan Mertlich
Location of the local community of Winden in the Rhein-Lahn district

Winden is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Ems-Nassau community .

history

Winden was first mentioned in 1250 in a document from the Archbishop of Trier , Arnold von Trier , according to which he had the Church of Winden transferred to the Arnstein Monastery by Countess Mechthild von Sayn . During the Thirty Years' War the place was heavily devastated, the population fell sharply. In 1763 the parish was occupied by electoral grenadiers by force and instead of the Premonstratensian priest, a chaplain who was acceptable to Trier was installed.

Construction of the Michaelskapelle began in 1768. In 1788 the construction of the St. Willibrord Church began. From 1806 the place was part of the Duchy of Nassau . In 1842 human leaves broke out in the community. In 1843 there were 753 inhabitants in Winden. Nassau was annexed by Prussia in 1866 , so Winden came to the province of Hessen-Nassau and belonged to the Sankt Goarshausen district .

In 1863 the first organ for the church was purchased. This was built by organ builder Raßmann zu Möttau near Weilburg and cost 1,075 guilders. In the same year there was a major fire in the village, which, according to the local chronicle, was already known 14 days before it broke out. Part of the village was destroyed despite this fact. A sacristy was added to the church in 1897.

In 1939 the place had 452 inhabitants and was largely spared the effects of the Second World War in the following years . After the end of the war, American soldiers occupied the village, but withdrew after three days.

In 1976, Winden was awarded the Most Beautiful Village in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The population developed as follows in the 19th and 20th centuries: 1843: 753 inhabitants, 1927: 522 inhabitants, 1964: 505 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Winden consists of twelve council members who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , as in the previous local council election , in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	GREEN	WLF	WGM	WGK	WGL	total
2019	2	7th	3	-	-	12 seats
2014	-	-	-	3	9	12 seats
2009	by majority vote					12 seats

WLF = Forró electoral list
WGM = Mertlich voter group
WGK = voter group Krauss
WGL = Linscheid voter group

mayor

The local mayor of Winden is Stefan Mertlich. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 55.45% of the vote and is the successor to Gebhard Linscheid, who did not take office again after 15 years.

coat of arms

In 1446 the Windener coat of arms, which shows a black double cross in a silver field, was documented for the first time. In 1545 the Winden coat of arms was attested. In 1951, the Winden coat of arms was used as a community seal.

Personalities

Wilhelm Kurth (1893–1946), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Koblenz
Monika Becker (* 1955), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
Erika Fritsche (* 1956), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate

Web links

Commons : Winden - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Winden. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
↑ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2014 Winden. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2009 Winden. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Ems-Nassau, Verbandsgemeinde, 26th line of results. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).